Burnside Bridge Replacement : ce qu'il faut savoir

Burnside Bridge Replacement en New Zealand fait l'actualité ce jeudi. Selon NZ Herald, Farmer Dave Ellison is fighting for a better solution for Burnside Bridge, which faces removal.

Les faits

• Farmer Dave Ellison is fighting for a better solution for Burnside Bridge, which faces removal.
• “We also tested the like-for-like replacement of a single lane bridge [estimated value of $9m] with NZTA.
• Bridge It NZ sales and marketing manager Dan Batey said he stood by his quote of $2.75m for a replacement one-lane bridge.
• “If someone’s house burnt down on Burnside Rd or was on fire or a cardiac arrest or medical event, it takes the fire brigade at least 10 minutes to get around and back to the same place.”
• I would love to understand where that difference is coming from,' bridge builder says.

L'essentiel

“We also tested the like-for-like replacement of a single lane bridge [estimated value of $9m] with NZTA. (NZ Herald) D'après NZ Herald, Bridge It NZ sales and marketing manager Dan Batey said he stood by his quote of $2.75m for a replacement one-lane bridge. Comme le souligne NZ Herald, I would love to understand where that difference is coming from,' bridge builder says. Selon NZ Herald, the Burnside Bridge crosses the Makaretu River near the small community of Takapau.

Les chiffres

“If someone’s house burnt down on Burnside Rd or was on fire or a cardiac arrest or medical event, it takes the fire brigade at least 10 minutes to get around and back to the same place.” (NZ Herald) D'après NZ Herald, a Central Hawke’s Bay farmer was left gobsmacked when his council told him it was unviable to replace a damaged rural bridge over his local river because it would cost up to $16 million. Comme le souligne NZ Herald, Bridge It NZ claims it can build a viable one-lane bridge over the Makaretu River for $2.75m. Selon NZ Herald, the council’s estimate for a one-lane bridge is $9m, three times the cost.

Ce qu'ils disent

“If you are treating a small council road like a state highway bridge it’s obviously going to escalate costs unnecessarily,” he said. (NZ Herald) “The only ones missing out are the ones on the other side of that bridge.” (NZ Herald) “One lady has to do 56km a day to get her kids to the college, which is a huge cost to her, and it’s even worse now,” he said. (NZ Herald)

Le contexte

Selon NZ Herald, But any replacement bridge had to be built to specifications and design standards required of all public road bridges across New Zealand. “We know how strongly some of our Takapau community feel about Burnside Bridge. (NZ Herald) “We proposed circa $16m for a two-lane bridge, as NZTA [NZ Transport Agency] process requires us to prepare an estimate for a modern bridge in order to calculate the cost-benefit ratio. (NZ Herald) Comme le souligne NZ Herald, the council’s preferred option is to spend $560,000 of NZTA funding, made available to the council for cyclone recovery works, to demolish the current bridge connection.

À retenir

• The Burnside Bridge crosses the Makaretu River near the small community of Takapau.
• A Central Hawke’s Bay farmer was left gobsmacked when his council told him it was unviable to replace a damaged rural bridge over his local river because it would cost up to $16 million.
• The council’s estimate for a one-lane bridge is $9m, three times the cost.